Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack
Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the ...
Ukraine says Russia has fired five Zircon missiles at Kyiv this year
Russia has used five of its new hypersonic Zircon missiles to attack Kyiv since the start of the year, the city’s military administration said on Monday.
The attacks are ...
Blast rips through Central Asian cafe in southern Russia
A blast ripped through a Central Asian-themed cafe in the southern Russian city of Voronezh on Monday.
The shattered windows of the “Eastern Tea House” on Lenin Street were shown ...
Foreign diplomats lay flowers in memory of Russia’s concert hall attack victims
Ambassadors from a number of foreign countries took part in a ceremony on Saturday in memory of the victims of this month’s concert hall attack near Moscow which left ...
Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia after concert hall attack
There has been a surge of migrant workers leaving Russia for Tajikistan after a March 22 concert hall attack near Moscow which left dozens dead, according to Tajikistan’s Ministry of ...
Ukraine says Russian drone, missile attacks damage power facilities
By Pavel Polityuk
Massive Russian missile and drone attacks hit thermal and hydro power plants in central and western Ukraine overnight, officials said on Friday, in the latest barrage targeting ...
Queen of Soviet pop Pugacheva likely to be labelled a ‘foreign agent’ in Russia
Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a “foreign agent”, a move that would officially designate Russia’s ...
Kyiv’s top general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than expected
Ukraine’s military will need to mobilise fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion, Kyiv’s top general said on Friday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ...
Companies sell their businesses in Russia
Some Western companies have sold their Russian assets or handed them over to local managers to comply with sanctions over the war in Ukraine and respond to threats from the ...
Zelenskiy tells U.S. House speaker: quick passage of military aid is vital
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during a phone call on Thursday that it was vital that Congress passes a new military aid ...
Russia says evidence links concert hall attackers to ‘Ukrainian nationalists’
Russian investigators said on Thursday they had uncovered evidence that the gunmen who killed more than 140 people in an attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week were linked ...
Kremlin says Russia working with partners after report on payment delays for oil
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russia was working with partners amid unprecedented pressure from the US and European Union after Reuters reported Moscow was experiencing some delays ...
Russian warships enter the Red Sea, navy says
Several Russian warships have passed the Bab al-Mandab Strait into the Red Sea, the Russian navy’s Pacific Fleet said on Thursday, amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on merchant ...
Kyiv to tighten security after ballistic missile attacks
Security measures in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv will be tightened after a spate of Russian ballistic missile attacks and threats of escalation, a city official said on Thursday.
Russia staged ...
Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine
Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then ...
Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow concert attack
As many as 95 people are still missing after last week’s attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a Russian news ...
Russian investigators to study request to probe Western involvement in ‘terrorism’
Russian state investigators said on Wednesday they would study a request from parliamentarians to investigate what they called the “organisation, financing, and conduct of terrorist acts” against Russia by the ...
Russian oil payments stall as UAE, Turkey tighten bank scrutiny
Russian oil firms face delays of up to several months to be paid for crude and fuel as banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) become more ...
Putin’s hawks say Ukraine was involved in Moscow concert attack
Two powerful allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that they believed Ukraine was involved in the attack on a concert hall just outside Moscow that killed at ...
Macron: it would be cynical, counterproductive for Russia to pin Moscow attack on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron said all signs indicated that an attack on a concert hall near Moscow in which 137 were killed was carried out by Islamic State, telling Russia on ...
Russia mourns victims of deadly concert hall attack
Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the ...
Kyiv, Lviv under Russian air attack; missile violates Polish airspace
Russia launched 57 missiles and drones on Ukraine on Sunday, including attacking Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv, officials said, with Poland’s armed forces saying one of Russia’...
Death and fear stoked hell in Moscow attack, witnesses say
The four armed men walked calmly towards the metal detectors at Crocus City Hall, firing their automatic weapons point-blank in short bursts at terrified civilians who fell screaming in a ...
Putin vows to punish those behind concert massacre
Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track ...